Weight Management

Helping Kids Live Healthier

At Nemours, we take a personalized approach for children ages 3 to 16 who are at an unhealthy weight or at risk of childhood obesity and its related conditions. Our large pediatric weight management team works together with your family to help your child make healthy lifestyle choices and changes. We give you the tools you need to give your child the best lifestyle and nutritional options. With one of the longest-standing kids’ weight management programs in the country, we’ve learned which healthy habits work best to lose weight and how to make them last.

Services We Offer

Though compassionate counseling, we help your child or teen focus on setting goals and targeting behaviors they can change. Our program has been highly effective in helping kids and families develop healthy habits and maintain weight loss over time. Families participate in a series of visits combined with continued efforts at home, through “homework” the care team and your family agree upon together.

We offer a variety of services, which may vary depending on the condition or location, including:

coordinated care with surgeons to provide weight loss (bariatric) surgery for teens who qualify (those who are 100 or more pounds over their ideal body weight, have tried but failed to lose weight, and face serious medical problems; program only available in the Delaware Valley)

exercise evaluation and personal training

help to create, track and keep following healthy habits (for eating, activity, sleep and mental health)

Why Choose Us

At our pediatric weight management practices, 60 percent of children lose weight and continue to lose it within six months of the first visit. Families may also choose us for their child’s pediatric weight management care because of our:

Coordinated appointments to help families receive the many services we offer in a way that’s helpful and convenient

We also use telemedicine (online doctor visits) in our primary care practices so that you can get care and counseling with our specialists close to home. In other words, you’d go to an exam room at your primary care office, but would see one of our weight management providers on a screen, rather than in person. That means you don’t need to drive far to get our specialist follow-ups and care.

Our patients can also get health coaching through telemedicine (online doctor visits). That means you can schedule a virtual visit through your computer or a free app on your mobile device so you can see a provider wherever you are. That means you don’t need to drive to get our specialist follow-ups, care and coaching.